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Pastor James Lee is currently the lead pastor of Living Water Church. He is married to Mihee and has three lovely children--Jonathan, Jocelyn and Joshua. Pastor James' passion is to mobilize God's people for ministry. He is passionate about transforming people into disciples of Christ, as well as multiplying God's kingdom by planting life-transforming churches, locally and globally. He graduated from Bethany Bible College with a major in Biblical Studies, graduated with a M.A. in Biblical Studies at Vanguard University and has also attended Fuller Theological Seminary.
James Lee Lead Pastor
Tom Taylor (Young Adult Pastor)
Jenny Choi (Worship Pastor)
Sam Pulanco Worship Pastor
Joshua Kim College Pastor
Lisa was born and raised in the Bay area. Currently attending school in Hayward. Lisa has been apart of our Livingwater family for about 5 years, and has also been apart of many ministries here at Livingwater. Such as: worship team, body worship, small group leader and now freshmen women's pastor. Lisa finds great joy in passionately worshipping the Lord and leading others to do the same. "Fuelled by a dissatisfaction with self-centered living and complacent faith..driven by a desire for truth, love and justice.."
Lisa Hwang Freshman Pastor
Mike grew up in Southern California, graduated from Cal in 2008, currently works full-time as a software engineer at Cisco Systems in Milpitas, and is now pastor for the freshmen men of Livingwater's College Group. By God's leading, he began to call Livingwater his home & beloved family in January of 2009 where he found brothers & sisters in Christ authentically living out faith, thriving in the moving of the Holy Spirit, and loving one another & the Lord deeply. On a Livingwater missions trip to China and in many other instances since arriving at Livingwater, God used specific experiences to transform & shape Mike's heart to have a passion for the Holy Spirit to move in powerful ways & to bring revival and restoration to people's lives in Livingwater and Berkeley. Mike also loves basketball, football, snowboarding, Pixar movies, cinematography, anything geeky or techie, singing at the top of his lungs, trying not to hurt himself or trip over his clumsy feet, and seeing God move in miraculous ways. He is excited to lead, live with, and love on the freshmen in 2010-2011 and hopes to see the freshmen men raised up as godly, Spirit-filled, humble men thriving in a life with Jesus.
Mike Hamada Freshman Pastor
Kat came to Livingwater church for the first time one summer day in 2007 and has been blessed to be a part of the Livingwater family since then. She has enjoyed serving in several ministries, such as Visitation Ministry and Children's Ministry. Currently, Kat is honored and very excited to be serving as one of the College Sophomore Pastors. She loves trees and forests, indie films, collecting rocks, traveling all over the globe, and one-on-ones. She desires for people to have their hearts broken for the lost, the poor, and the broken in this world, just as God's heart breaks for them. Kat is currently pursuing a career as a Registered Nurse through Ohlone College's nursing program in Newark, CA.
Katherine Mak Sophomore Pastor
Heart to build up a community of people who love Jesus and one another. A heart to grow individuals into Christlikeness.
John Cheng Sophomore Pastor
In a missions conference at the age of 18, Joanne caught a glimpse of Revelation 7:9 - an image of people from every nation, tribe and tongue surrounding the Lamb to worship him in all his splendor and majesty. It was then that she had discovered a strange stirring in her heart for the global, the multiethnic and the cross-cultural. She "stumbled" across Livingwater Church when she "accidentally" (i.e. under God's sovereign plan) went with them to Nicaragua in the summer of 2008. Since then, she has gone back every year, finally leading a team in 2010 to establish deeper relationships with the Nicaraguan brothers and sisters. Joanne knows that missions (ministry abroad) is how God has intentionally designed for her to live; however she also firmly believes that deep intimacy with the Lord is not solely reserved for missionaries or pastors or "radical Christians" but is for all of God's children, all of whom are called to live missional lives. It is Joanne's deep passion and desire to guide people to know this powerful truth; as one of the college junior/senior pastors, she hopes to encourage Christians to become disciples of Chris
Joanne Kim Junior and Senior Pastor
Since 2006, David has been part of Living Water church, where he has found a loving family, Christ-like mentors, peace and joy in his heart, and a burning desire to know God more intimately. He is currently working as a waiter at a sushi restaurant, and is preparing to spend the summer of 2010 out on the mission field in Northeast China. Some of the things he enjoys are: serving on the Living Water worship team, making/playing guitar gear, and eating chips. David's heart is to see the Church unified and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
David Son Junior and Senior Pastor
Joey is a home-grown Livingwater fan/member/leader, starting his ministry at this church in 2003, while attending the University of California, Berkeley. He has been a sound engineer, set-up/break-down crew, camp counselor, worship leader, small group leader, and a if-you-need-anything-done-ask-Joey member. He loves to read Christian books, martial arts, boxing, Halo 3, movies, guitar, driving on long windy roads with music blasting, gazing at the moon and clouds, and seeing his friends encounter the living God. He is currently working on a Masters of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Pastor Joey Le Small Groups Pastor
Leticia Liang Care Ministry Pastor
Joy Hunt is currently serving as a children’s pastor. She passionately loves worshiping God and God’s children. She loves reading and researching. Joy’s greatiest hope is to inspire, equip and encourage young people.
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Born and raised in Las Vegas Nevada, Pastor Tom has had many "interesting" encounters and life changing experiences that has shaped him into who he is today. A former car salesman, sous chef, and bellman, he loves interacting with people from all walks of life. He entered full time ministry at the age of 19 going to Bethany University to receive a B.A. in Biblical and Theological Studies and then to the GTU in Berkeley to get his Master's of Divinity. An adventurous guy, Pastor Tom loves to stay physically and mentally active by working out, doing MMA, playing the drums, playing the guitar, fishing, hiking, reading good books, and hanging out with friends and family. A social entrepreneur, his desire is to help everyone know Jesus Christ to the fullest extent, no matter what race, gender, class, or background.
Jenny has grown up in NYC, having been involved with the music at church her whole life, from children's choir, J.H. worship, H.S. worship, college fellowship worship, English Ministry worship. She started leading worship after completion of her undergraduate studies, and also had the opportunity to attend Hillsong International Leadership College in Sydney, Australia for a year in their Worship & Creative arts stream. The following year after returning from Sydney, she became part of the Living Water family. She passionately loves worshiping God--bringing the authenticity and reality of worship in Christ's followers' lives. She loves seeing people meet Him as we worship, loves seeing brokenness turned to wholeness, mourning turned into joy, defeatedness turned into victory, and hopelessness breathed hope. She is currently in the M.Div program at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Sam's greatest desire in life is intimacy with Jesus. He has a passion and heart to see people encounter the love of God in the midst of worship. At 17, Sam had a life-transforming encounter with God that has since served as a motivator for worship ministry. When he's not leading worship, Sam likes to keep things simple, enjoying songwriting, watching movies, playing basketball, overlooking beautiful mountain landscapes, and relishing time with family and friends.
He is proud to be a Gator from Univ. of Florida where he studied Theater. After working at Disney World Entertainment in Florida he returned to Gainesville to work as a youth pastor and do college ministry. He studied at RTS(Reformed Theological Seminary) in FL. He is the director of Dramagators performing arts ministry and KAYFLOWER(Korean Youth FL Winter Retreat). He is currently serving as the pastor of campus fellowship and drama ministry at Livingwater Church in Berkeley, CA.
Letty was born and raised in Mexico. Due to her background, she has a desire to work with the Hispanic population and use God's gift of speaking Spanish to spread the gospel. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy and intends to use her knowledge to bring healing to the nations in Central America. She is also passionate about dance and envisions God's people on their feet dancing their way to freedom. Her heart is to see every person's mourning be turned into dancing.
